Top 100 songs for May 17, 1986
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1986 and the 1980s.
This week’s No. 1 is “Greatest Love Of All” by Whitney Houston. Meanwhile, “Danger Zone” by Kenny Loggins rises from No. 85 to No. 60. 10 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Danger Zone — Kenny Logginsup 25 places, No. 85 → No. 60
- When The Heart Rules The Mind — GTRup 21 places, No. 74 → No. 53
- If She Knew What She Wants — The Banglesup 17 places, No. 80 → No. 63
New to this week’s Top 10
- Live To Tell — MadonnaNo. 5
New to this week’s Top 40
- I Wanna Be A Cowboy — Boys Don't CryNo. 33
- Rain On The Scarecrow — John MellencampNo. 37
- Vienna Calling — FalcoNo. 38
- Who's Johnny ("Short Circuit" Theme) — El DeBargeNo. 40
First-week entries
- One Hit (To The Body) — The Rolling StonesNo. 71
- Nasty — Janet JacksonNo. 74
- Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You — Stevie NicksNo. 80
- The Finest — The S.O.S. BandNo. 82
- Mad About You — Belinda CarlisleNo. 86
- I Want You — AnimotionNo. 87
- Peter Gunn — The Art Of Noise Featuring Duane EddyNo. 88
- Fire With Fire — Wild BlueNo. 89
- We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off — Jermaine StewartNo. 90
- Vanity Kills — ABCNo. 92
First-week entries have one recorded chart week. Climbs and Top 10/Top 40 arrivals use recorded previous positions for consecutive chart weeks; returning songs without a previous position are not classified as debuts.